The Sommerlust (summer delights) is a charming, venerable villa on the Rhine offering the most romantic garden in Schaffhausen. Here guests find time to escape from everything. The Sommerlust is a tribute to life's culinary and cultural pleasures. Where a play of light, shadow, sun, pleasant scents, beautiful nooks, and crannies begins. Stephan Lendi enjoy a glass of Schaffhauser „Stamm" Chardonnay with Sommerlust's Head Chef and Managing Director Sebastian Weyhe in the orangery, while enjoying a culinary journey of mustard ice cream and magical culinary inspirations.

Which culinary approach do you pursue at the Sommerlust?Seasonal and regional products always characterise our meals. Classic dishes with a touch of gourmet and a great attention to detail are how we like to pamper my guests. Because of our unique location on the Rhine and our beautiful garden we specialise in weddings, but also organise wonderful corporate and family events.

Which target group do you wish to capture?Each and every guest is naturally welcome, from gourmet friends to those who appreciate a simple, seasonal, and fresh cuisine where the food is prepared with love and perfection. At the Sommerlust guests encounter elegance, romance, professionalism, and savor a cordial atmosphere second to none. Good food creates a total experience allowing our guests to revel in the atmosphere.

Do you have a favorite dish?Our hand cut beef tartar in combination with a mustard ice cream is a surprising mix of different temperatures and textures, which stimulate the palate. A cold beer, or a pure Hawk Schaffhauser Pinot Noir from the Blauburgunderland Schaffhausen, compliments the dish perfectly.

What does good food mean to you?Good food means a mix of transparency, freshness, seasonality, regionality, aesthetics, and modern techniques like sous-vide prepare our food and create unique bon vivants. Personally, good food means departing from the norm to discover new products, tastes, and textures, as well as to be given the opportunity to surprise our guests.

How can you surprise us?I am like a newcomer who continually pursues new concepts and is looking for their culinary identity. Recently, I discovered the breadth and depth of Japanese cuisine. Just like it would to a modern interior designer, its atmosphere based on clean lines inspired me immensely. The quality of service is particularly important, no matter what cuisine, or ambiance is offered.

Where do you find your culinary inspiration?In everything around me, in magazines, in all the culinary books I collected over the years and kept in my bookshelf at home, in a personal exchange with colleagues and guests, and when I eat out.

Sebastian Weyhe in a nutshellSebastian Weyhe completed his apprenticeship in a family hotel in Germany. He then travelled to the United States on a journey of discovery for 2 years; based himself in Miami and New York, where he worked in exclusive golf resorts. After the USA, he moved to Switzerland and created culinary delights in traditional houses such as the Eden-Roc in Ascona and the Pöstli Hotel in Davos. He later fashioned dishes as a private chef for billionaires. Sebastian now shares his experiences and culinary creations with his guests at the heavenly Sommerlust in Schaffhausen.